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Sheldon, Michigan

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in Canton Charter Township. It lies in ZIP code area 48188. It stands on Sines Drain. The Survey maps it on the Wayne quadrangle.

Sheldon within Wayne County

On record in Sheldon

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 4 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 20 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

28 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sheldon between 2018 and 2020, burning about 28 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Natural5
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
13 September 2019Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0006436 - 2019
8 August 2020Natural1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesBELLEVILLE FD 250 - 2020
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesHURON TOWNSHIP FD 191022 - 2019
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005507 - 2019
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0005396 - 2019
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWESTLAND FD 196293 - 2019
9 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesWESTLAND FD 0001177 - 2018
5 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMichigan Department of Natural ResourcesCANTON FD 0004628 - 2018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wayne County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sheldon: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Redman Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wayne County

Storms near this place

10 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheldon in 10 storm reports between 2004 and 2021: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2007Thunderstorm WindSheldon$15,000The local television stations reported a large tree down on a trailer home. Property damages were estimated at roughly $15K.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindSheldon-A 8 inch diameter tree limb reported down.
May 2011Thunderstorm WindSheldon-A three to four inch diameter tree limb reported blown down.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindSheldon-A trained spotter estimated a 60 MPH wind gust.
May 2004Thunderstorm WindSheldon-A trained spotter estimated a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
July 2011HailSheldon-no account filed
March 2006HailSheldon-no account filed
May 2004HailSheldon-no account filed
July 2004HailSheldon-no account filed
July 2004HailSheldon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wayne County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Canton2.4 miles20
Denton2.8 miles24
Belleville North3.6 miles19
Cherry Hill3.9 miles24
Wayne4.8 miles20
Belleville4.9 miles19
French Landing4.9 miles19
Norwayne4.9 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 637714. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.